Writer/WordPress publish date problem is fixed

24Feb08

A couple of months ago, some users on the Windows Live Writer forum reported that whenever future publish dates were used, the post would be held until the correct date but the incorrect time. If your time zone was GMT -8, the post wouldn’t appear until 8 hours after your desired time. (And yikes–if you were at GMT +8, the post would appear 8 hours before you requested!)

I’m told the fix was pushed out early last week, so if you’ve started up Writer since then, you probably already have it. (If you need to be sure, [re]start Writer, wait fifteen seconds, then restart Writer again.)

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!

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